Reuters reports that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency has “called for more rigorous checks when pulling some Airbus jets out of pandemic storage, following flawed cockpit readings that can suggest blocked sensors.” EASA “said in a safety directive covering the Airbus A320 family that ‘an increasing number of operational disruptions have been reported due to airspeed discrepancies.’” An EASA spokesperson “said the events included commercial flights and in most cases led to aborted takeoff.” The reports “prompted Airbus to carry out further computer simulations which suggested that problems with two out of three sensors may affect the plane’s stability during take-off, though none of these events happened in operations, EASA said.”
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Sources: Airbus Tells Suppliers it Plans to Increase A320 Output to 53 Per Month by End of 2022
Reuters reports that Airbus “is asking key suppliers to get ready for a further 18% increase in A320-family jet output by the end of 2022, on top of existing targets for this year, as airlines eye a partial return to normal travel, industry sources said.” The sources said that the new plan would increase output to 53 A320s per month by the end of 2022, though Airbus has only said that it has tentative plans to increase output to 45 by the end of 2021. Currently, output is at 40 A320s per month. Airbus, “which had been enjoying record jet demand before the virus triggered widespread travel bans, cut output of its best-selling model by a third to 40 a month one year ago.”
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Airbus Tells Suppliers to Be Ready to Increase A320 Production to 47 Jets A Month
Reuters reports that Airbus “has asked suppliers to be ready to support a conditional 18% increase in production of its best-selling single-aisle A320 jet family once demand recovers from the coronavirus crisis, the European planemaker said on Thursday.” Airbus “said it had asked suppliers to ‘protect’ a production rate of 47 A320-family jets a month, up from 40, meaning it wants suppliers to be ready to support that rate when needed.” The plan “for an increase depends on a comprehensive recovery of the planemaker’s biggest customers that have ordered hundreds of jets, including airlines in Southeast Asia which are currently struggling to take deliveries, industry sources said.”
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Air India Prepares for One of the Largest Deals in Aviation History
Bloomberg reported that Air India Ltd. may order 300 “Airbus SE’s A320neo family jets or Boeing Co.’s 737 Max models, or a mix of both.” This would be “one of the largest orders in commercial aviation history as the formerly state-run airline looks to overhaul its fleet under new ownership.” While a “deal for 300 737 Max-10 jets could be worth $40.5 billion at sticker prices,” the production and “delivery of 300 planes would likely take years or even more than a decade.”
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Airbus A320 Surpasses Boeing 737 as Most Delivered Jet Ever
Aerotime reports, “The Airbus A320 has surpassed the Boeing 737 as the most delivered commercial aircraft in history upon Saudi airline Flynas receiving the European manufacturer’s 12,260th jet. According to a Reuters report on October 7, 2025, data from industry analysts Cirium shows that the A320 in question was delivered overnight, giving Airbus a slight lead over Boeing’s 737.”
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